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Drainage Window in the Sac Around the Heart

Georgia rates for HCPCS 33025

An opening is cut in the pericardium, the tough sac surrounding the heart, so that fluid trapped inside it can drain away, and a piece of the sac is often removed so the opening does not seal over. Fluid building up in this space presses on the heart and stops it filling properly. This is an open surgical version rather than drainage through a needle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage Window in the Sac Around the Heart cost?

$4,677

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,455 to $7,943.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $871 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,220.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 30.2 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Georgia· 16th of 49

$4,677

IN $22,387ND $741

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.